[1] Thémis has held a variety of positions in Quebec, including former head of Metro-Richelieu, founder of Cuisiniers sans Frontières (which teaches cooking to low-income communities internationally), and most recently as a teacher at Institut de tourisme et d'hôtellerie du Québec.
The keystone of the party's ideology involves the creation of a "gastronocracy", in which farmers and food producers would be viewed as the elites in society.
[1] No government decisions would be made that would jeopardize Quebec's food supply, using the proposed Energy East pipeline as an example.
[1][2] Themis has called for an end to Sunday shopping so that families could eat together, improving food in hospitals and community health centers and the creation of a Ministry of Gastronomy.
[1][2] The party would like to see artisanal restaurants using local and organic ingredients exempted from Quebec Sales Tax.